1. Do schizophrenics have normal dreams, or do they have
delusions and hallucinations while they're asleep too?
2. Is there any instance on record of a person being
"frightened to death" from a nightmare?
2006-09-03 15:40:20 · 7 answers · asked by comedycatalyst 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
1. Schizophrenics have dreams as normal as yours or mine.
"In both REM (dream) sleep and in wakefulness in schizophrenia, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is relatively deactivated. This may be why the dreams of normal subjects and the delusions of schizophrenics seem real. In normal wakefulness, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is fully engaged." (Source below)
Since the DLPFC is the part of the brain that is most affected by schizophrenia, the dream state in shizophrenia is similar to the wakeful state, but for people who are not schizophrenic, the DLPFC can differentiate between reality and unreality.
2. I'm sure it's happened. A particularly vibrant dream can cause your heart to rush and beat quickly - if you have a weak heart anyway, I guess you don't wake up.
2006-09-03 15:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Mentally healthy people can have truly bizarre dreams, but that doesnt mean they are halucinations. If its in a dream I dont think that qualifies as a halucination - just a strange dream.
2. Not that I know of, I think thats an urban legend. I searched and cant find any instance of that really happening. But...how would we know, if that person never wakes up to tell us that their dream scared them to death?
2006-09-03 15:51:15 · answer #2 · answered by mand 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about a person being "scared to death" by a nightmare, but I guess it's a possibility. In a nursing home I once worked, we had a man have a heart attack in his sleep and he claimed it was due to a night terror. So- I guess it's feasable.
Someone close to me is schizophrenic, and he claims that when he is sleeping his dreams range from terrifying to hillarious. But when he recaps them to me, they never seem like normal dreams I would have....
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2016-11-24 20:28:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-03 15:46:51 · answer #5 · answered by Erin R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no yes
2006-09-03 15:45:43 · answer #6 · answered by natalie♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; No
2006-09-03 15:46:47 · answer #7 · answered by Carol H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋